CXL. MUDĀMĪ OF HAMADĀN.*

In Hindūstān he was known as Ḥaidarī, and he wrote good qaṣīdahs in praise of Mīr Muḥammad, Khān-i-Kalān.* His 342 discourtesy led him constantly into quarrels with everybody, and on this account he suffered much molestation.

The following verses are by him:—

“Majnūn did not know that a lover is disgraced in the world,
I am disgraced by love and devoted to being a lover.”

“The new moon of ‘Īd appears like a key
To open the lock of the wine-shop of the cupbearer on the
evening of ‘Īd.”

“The lovely one with the green veil* has once more appeared
from behind the curtain,
The bud laughs like the dawn, and the sun appears.”

“I have on my breast, from my beloved's sword,
Lines* like those ruled on paper with a ruler.”